Thanks Toban, La P, Isabel, Aida, Aquamarine, Joy
Jenni NZ agree about Angie's comments being so instructive. I ALWAYS learn something from her comments and she does it in a way that make you feel so positive! Lots of fabbers also offer very instructive comments. Yeah that shrinking thing seems to happen with age unless you do a lot of yoga. One of my yoga instructors said she gained more than an inch in height during the time she was studying to be a yoga instructor.
Angie great point that you see all the various body types IRL without the distortion of selfie photos. Thanks so much for the kind words, as always.
Gigi you nailed it, I do love to try on styles that are a little outside my norm. It's one part playing dress up and one part looking for new ideas.
Style Fan I think you hit on something really important here. Think about what you see when you approach someone on the street. If it's a friend you are mostly looking at their eyes, not some specific body part. If it's a stranger maybe you look at a body part but more likely you focus on the overall appearance to enjoy their outfit (or not), or some other people-watching thing, but it's less about body parts than the whole. Others really don't see what we see ourselves. In the typical body-criticism thing most of us do, we hone right in on something we don't like when we look at ourselves, and a good deal of the time it's something no one else sees! . I've been trying very hard to retrain my thinking about this and give that criticism thing a rest, with some success, but it's not an easy thing for most of us that live in cultures where it's "the norm". My view is to think about how flattering an outfit or garment is, do the analysis, then wear what you like!
